1931 in Northern Ireland

← 1930 1929 1928 1931 in Northern Ireland → 1932 1933 1934
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	1931 in the United Kingdom 1931 in Ireland Other events of 1931 List of years in Northern Ireland

Events

• Ulster Protestant League established.
• Ulster Canal abandoned.

Sport

Football

• The Northern Ireland international soccer team change the colour of their shirt from blue to green.
• Irish League

Winners: Glentoran

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 3 - 0 Ballymena United

Births

• 24 January - Charles Harding Smith, loyalist paramilitary
• 15 February - John Erritt, Deputy Director of the British Government Statistical Service (died 2002).
• 8 April - Paddie Bell, folk singer (died 2005)
• 9 April - Patrick Walsh, Bishop of Down & Connor (1991 - )
• 15 April - Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and a member of the Northern Ireland Victims Commission and the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains.
• 25 April - James Fenton, Ulster Scots poet.
• 15 June - Martin Smyth, Unionist politician and minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
• 28 June - John Morrow, Presbyterian minister and peace activist (died 2009)
• 29 June - Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, former Law Lord.
• 4 July - Stephen Boyd, actor (died 1977).
• 5 August - Billy Bingham, footballer and football manager.
• 25 October - Jimmy McIlroy, former international soccer player.
• 31 December - Bob Shaw, science fiction novelist (died 1996).

Deaths